Ok, Charlene, Let the rest of us in on it. What is girdling trees anyway? Joe Charlene Holland wrote: > Thanks to all you great people who responded to my query. I really > appreciate you taking the time. I had a lot of great responses. > > Isn't this one of the neatest things about these mailing lists? People > helping each other! Love it! > > Charlene > > ==== ARYELL Mailing List ==== > Check out the rootsweb Yell County page > http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/AR/Yell

This was a practice that was used in the early days to remove large trees. They chopped a ring around the tree with a axe which caused the tree to die. This was done by stripping the bark and cambium layer around the perimeter of a tree. This kills the living tissue so water etc cannot be transported to the leaves. It was a way of managing the forest through thinning of the trees and yet having them available for harvest later on. I also found out that the cutting of bark tissue of tree trunks and branches to enhance yields and fruit size of certain fruits has been practiced worldwide for centuries. Joe George wrote: > Ok, Charlene, > > Let the rest of us in on it. What is girdling trees anyway? > > Joe > > Charlene Holland wrote: > > > Thanks to all you great people who responded to my query. I really > > appreciate you taking the time. I had a lot of great responses. > > > > Isn't this one of the neatest things about these mailing lists? People > > helping each other! Love it! > > > > Charlene > > > > ==== ARYELL Mailing List ==== > > Check out the rootsweb Yell County page > > http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/AR/Yell > > ==== ARYELL Mailing List ==== > Trouble with this list? Contact listowner Mary Harkey Russell > bird@scrtc.com